Burfict makes start: SAN DIEGO — Vontaze Burfict, who wore a boot on…

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Lewis said Burfict will be placed in a boot for much of the week and probably won't practice until Thursday. And as has been the case since Burfict stepped foot in Cincinnati, he made his coach look like a genius. He was second-guessing himself, Burfict r… (more)ecounted. I said, Just trust me. Lewis did. Burfict led the Bengals with 13 tackles and took on the task of tracking Philip Rivers favorite underneath weapons, tight end Antonio Gates and running back Ryan Mathews. And even though he still was being bothered and bugged by the stinging sensation left by the injury that had just come his way, the native Californian was resolved over the weekend to not let it make him miss his first game of the season. He wasn't going to be denied.

Bengals paced by Burfict's tough play

SAN DIEGO -- Three days ago, Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict was hurting. The second-year player had just sprained an ankle, rolling it in his team's final practice before it boarded a plane for a four-hour trip from the Ohio Valley to Sou…